Aga Khan Council for the Central United States and UTA Libraries presents Dr. Zulfikar Hirji, Author of Islam: an Illustrated Journey. Come and listen to an Author Lecture and Q&A as well as purchase a book and attend a book signing.

Lavishly illustrated and written in a style accessible to all, Islam an Illustrated Journey tells the story of Islam. Explore Islam’s formative era and early development in the Arabian peninsula, the rise and decline of its major dynasties, including the Umayyads, Abbasids, Fatimids, Mughals, Safavids, Ottomans and finally up to its place in the modern world.

Islam: An Illustrated Journey includes detailed information on the Shiʿi tradition and its distinctive and important contributions to Islamic civilisation. Throughout, the book provides portraits of diverse Muslim traditions and communities of interpretation, past and present.

Discover untold stories of key events, personalities and achievements in Islamic history across all the major regions of the Muslim world.

Now available for purchase in hardback and paperback from your local ITREB.